Bad batch of ProDisc

[dnepr]

My current batch of 100 printable 8X Prodisc that I bought from rima.com have been giving me lots of trouble. I used to plop in a blank and never had to check it to see if I had a good record. With this batch, about 25-30% of the time, I start watching the movie and I get about halfway through that my DVD playets freeze and loss tracking (one a Philips 642 the other a Sony N500). I can re-record the same files (made with DVDShrink) out on a normal non-printable 8X Ritek G05 and have no problems.

I'm need another batch of 100, and thought I ask what experiences others are having lately with the ProDiscs? I'm thinking about getting the printable Riteks this time at $46/100 instead of the ProDiscs (which I believe are R03's).

Any advice?

Thanks, Dnepr

[Bodyslide]

What is the media code for the Prodisc? Also what burner are you using?

[dnepr]

Oh, forgot to mention that I'm burning with NERO 6.6

[dnepr]

I'm not a home right now, so can't give media code. I remeber that Decrypter said something like 'R03' (or something like that).

I'm burning with a 712A Plextor with up to date bios. The only thing 'weird' I've noticed about the Plextor is that after several 'rips' it will lose its DMA capablility and resort to slow PIO mode. Rebooting my machine always fixes this however.

[dnepr]

By the way, the Plextor will 'sense' these Prodiscs for 12X (higher than advertised) but the last batch did fine at 12X. Now, even after burning them manually at 8X, they still have about the same frequency of 'freezes'. I've even forced them down to 4X and got mixed results.

[koolaidwa]

what dvd burner do u have

i got a bunch of prodisc r03's the 8x +r's

some memorex brand then some GQ brand, both the same prodisc's, both burn very good, burners used with them, liteon 1653 cstj firmware, other btc 1016 a07m firmware


if ur drive is having a problem with them it may be firmware related

[dnepr]

Media Descriptor for the ProDiscs that are giving me problems.

00000000 01 02 00 00 A1 0F 02 00 00 03 00 00 00 26 05 3F .............&.?
00000010 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 50 52 4F 44 49 53 43 00 52 .......PRODISC.R
00000020 30 33 03 38 23 54 37 0F 02 54 6B 02 94 63 15 15 03.8#T7..Tk..c..
00000030 0B 0A 08 08 01 1C 1E 0B 0C 12 12 01 00 00 00 00 ................

[aanaravs]

I have stopped using Prodiscs. Now I use TY even for my clients. There have been a lot of fluctations in the quality of the media.

A lit less headache for a marginal cost.

[koolaidwa]

here is a burn scan of my prodisc r03 burnt on my litein 1633@1653 cstj note i only burnt at 6x as thats all the firmware likes for the media

[lordsmurf]

Could be the player.

[koolaidwa]

my btc actully burns them better, but i do like the prodisc's r03's for the most part, i gotta use them all up as i just got a bunch of verbatim 16x meida, i am going be using all my old media cause i am sick of keeping the older stuff and using the new stuff first lol


smurf, what media do u prefer

[dmagic1]

I've seen these same Prodisc go down hill. I use to use them all the time without problems until a few months ago. I started having the near end of disc problems with playback. I also had trouble reading back from the disc. After trying different sites and different batches I gave up on Prodisc. My older batches didn't have these problems.

[p_l]

What he said. I'm very disappointed with the last batch of Prodiscs I bought. They freeze at the 70-90% mark.

I'd like to have a word with the manufacturer.

Then I'd like to have a word with the retailer.

[koolaidwa]

well thanks for the heads up, i guess i will stay away from new prodisc's lol

i still have bout 100 good ones left to burn